That Iris DeMent recorded and released just seven albums over the past 30 years suggests the singer and songwriter has an casual or unusual relationship with the music industry. DeMent works at a pace ...

This is FRESH AIR. Three women have new albums out. And our rock critic, Ken Tucker, has chosen a standout song from each of them. Whether it's the folk protest music of Iris DeMent, the cutting-edge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Known for her music with a message, singer-songwriter Iris DeMent will play World Records on Dec. 13. John Prine described ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. iris-newalbum2 - Credit: Dasha Brown* “I kept hearing a lot of talk about the arc of history that Dr. King so famously said bends ...

I went looking in our archives for an interview I did with Iris DeMent a couple of years ago. I couldn't find it, so I widened my search, going back a couple more years. Still nothing. Third time was ...

Iris DeMent has a new album arriving soon. The singer-songwriter announced that her next LP is titled Workin’ on a World, and it’s out February 24. The album includes “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas,” a ...

The extraordinary absence of artifice in the music of Iris Dement required a confluence of nature and nurture, of wilderness and willpower. Born the youngest of 14 children in a family who’d lived for ...

During uncertain times, music is a balm and creative connective tissue provides hope when it’s needed most. It’s a sentiment Iris DeMent deeply feels and is a driving force behind her latest studio ...

The great Iris DeMent is back with Workin’ on a World, which will be out February 24 via Songs of Iris. It’s her first album in eight years, and her first of originals since 2011. She made the record ...

"I really believe that I have been given an ability to deliver my songs," says the folk and country singer-songwriter Iris DeMent from her home in Iowa City, Iowa. "Not everybody's going to get them, ...